Rush Limbaugh not liking Obama selfie

Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday knocked President Barack Obama for “taking selfies” and “thinking about himself” at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service.

“Now, while this picture’s taken, somebody’s speaking at the Nelson Mandela memorial,” Limbaugh said on his radio show, according to a transcript. “That is Obama taking a picture of himself with his BlackBerry. That’s David Cameron, the prime minister of Great Britain, and the blonde in the middle being squeezed, actually being gazed at, objectifyingly if you ask me, is — I don’t know, Switzerland, Netherlands, someplace where the leaders are blonde. And look at Michelle. She’s not paying any attention to this. She’s just gazing forward at whoever is speaking. Can you believe it, Obama taking selfies at the Nelson Mandela memorial.”

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The conservative radio host told his listeners the photos taken of Obama during the memorial — the “selfie” with Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and British prime minister David Cameron and the picture of him shaking Cuban president Raul Castro’s hand — show how the president and the media are trying to make the death of the anti-apartheid leader and former South African president all about Obama.

“Remember, folks, he’s taking selfies,” Limbaugh said. “He’s thinking about himself. He’s looking at this old guy Raul, and he’s not thinking, ‘Hmm. Should I shake this guy’s hand or not? How’s it gonna look?’ He’s looking at it as, ‘Everybody wants to shake my hand. Everybody wants to be me. I’m the big dog here. They’re the ones that are gonna get all the accolades back in their homes, having met me.’ It is insulting, yeah, but I don’t think that…”

“He doesn’t care, folks,” he added. “This is his stage. I mean, this whole week is about Barack Obama. You understand, that’s really what this all means. That’s what this soap opera script is. It’s not the death of Mandela anymore. This is about Barack Obama assuming Mandela’s place as a great whatever on the world stage. That’s what the soap opera is. The whole week here is about Obama. It’s not about Mandela anymore.”

In the eyes of Obama and the media, the memorial service was a “second inauguration, if you will, for Obama now of the world,” Limbaugh said.

“The torch has been passed,” he said. “Whether Mandela knew it or not, the torch has been passed from Mandela to Obama, and the memorial service, and the words of the great international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, a warm-up act for Obama.”

As for Obama shaking Castro’s hand, “this is not news,” Limbaugh said. “They want it to be news. They’d do anything to distract everybody from Obamacare.”